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Cotton Club, legendary nightspot in the Harlem district of New York City that for years featured prominent Black entertainers who performed for white audiences. The club served as the springboard to fame for Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and many others.
Dec 14, 1984 · The Cotton Club: Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee. Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.
May 13, 2016 · PODCAST The musical story of the Cotton Club, the most famous (and infamous) nightclub of the Jazz Age. The Cotton Club, Harlem’s most prominent nightclub during the Prohibiton era, delivered some of the greatest music legends of the Jazz Age — Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Fletcher Henderson, Ethel Waters, the Nicolas Brothers.
The Cotton Club was a New York City nightclub from 1923 to 1940. It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue (1923–1936), then briefly in the midtown Theater District (1936–1940). [1] . The club operated during the United States' era of Prohibition and Jim Crow era racial segregation.
Jun 27, 2023 · The Cotton Club Was the Birthplace of Modern Jazz and Blues. Jazz musician and orchestra conductor Duke Ellington playing piano with other jazz musicians, via Columbia Alumni Association. The Cotton Club became a radical space for musicians to experiment with jazz, blues, swing and big band music.
Nov 16, 2020 · November 16, 2020. The Cotton Club was a New York City nightclub from 1923 to 1940. It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue (1923 to 1935), then briefly in midtown Theater District 1935-1940. The club operated during the United States’ era of Prohibition and Jim Crow era racial segregation.
Nov 21, 2023 · The Cotton Club was a renowned jazz club in Harlem, a historically Black neighborhood in New York City, during the 1920s and 1930s. Originally dubbed "Club DeLuxe" by owner Jack Johnson (a...
